What do you love about the holidays? One of our favourite things is the abundance of Christmas lights that help cast off the gloom of cold, dark days! Brighten your nights and warm your hearts with our handy list of the Best Christmas Light Displays in Edmonton & Area. Whether you like to view the lights from the warmth and comfort of your vehicle, or prefer to take it in during a stroll in the cool winter air, there are plenty of fun and festive options for your family to discover!
PLUS find even more holiday fun with our guide to Holiday Light Ups & Santa Parades, and stay tuned for our Family Fun Edmonton Holiday Event Guide featuring all the best family-friendly activities and events this season!
FEATURED EVENT: Glow Edmonton
INDOOR: Edmonton Expo Centre | 7515 – 118 Avenue, Edmonton
Get lost in The Jolly Jumble as the elves try to find new items to decorate the biggest, most beautiful tree for Santa! This spectacular lights experience features over 100,000 sq ft of twinkling holiday displays inside the Edmonton Expo Centre. Come eat, drink and be merry as you stroll through the brilliant light sculptures, play in the Kids Fun Zone, indulge in treats and drinks from the food trucks, shop the Merry Makers Market, and enjoy live entertainment on the Glow Stage.
Borealis Lights Christmas Drive-Thru Light Display
DRIVE-THRU: St. Albert Kinsmen RV Park | 47 Riel Drive, St. Albert
Start a new holiday tradition with the family as you enjoy over 800,000 twinkling lights in this brilliant drive-thru display. The 25-30 minute driving loop has much to see and discover, including new animated displays for 2023, and the return of the magical 100 ft tunnel of dancing lights. It is affordable festive fun for everyone from the comfort of your warm car!
Canadian Tire Magic of Lights
DRIVE-THRU: RAD Torque Raceway | Highway 19, Nisku
Take a “Slow Ride On a Fast Track” with this magical route along the racetrack complete with over 1.5 MILLION twinkling lights, animated displays, and a stunning 200 foot light tunnel. It takes a Team of 8 Festive ‘Elves’ 6 weeks to set up the over 1.5 MILLION lights in this impressive drive-thru display!
Alberta Legislature Grounds
OUTDOOR: 10800 97 Avenue NW, Edmonton
Marvel at the 200,000 twinkling lights and the 40 ft Christmas tree at the Alberta Legislature! If you plan it right, you can also catch a Celebrate the Season live musical performance inside the Legislature Rotunda on your visit.
Churchill Square Holiday Tree and moonGARDEN
OURDOOR: 1 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton
Rejoice Edmontonians! The Holiday Tree is back in Churchill Square for 2023 and with it comes the interactive light display moonGARDEN, a spectacular outdoor display of 6 to 15 foot spheres filled with radiant light, dreamy soundscapes and captivating shadow puppets. You are definitely going to want to make some time this holiday season to come skate on the City Hall ice rink and enjoy the magical glow of lights!
Central Park in Spruce Grove
OUTDOOR: 450 King Street, Spruce Grove
See the trees in Central Park lit up thousands of colourful lights! You can even bring your skates and enjoy gliding through the beautifully lit park.
Festival Place LED Tree
OUTDOOR: 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park
Throughout the holiday season, you can drive by Festival Place to enjoy the LED tree and lights display set to a special holiday soundtrack.
Greenland Garden Centre Lights in the Park
OUTDOOR: 23108 Highway 16, Sherwood Park
The botanical garden at Greenland Garden Centre has been transformed into a magical Christmas display straight out of the movie Elf – complete with narwhals and polar bears! Bring your donation for the Strathcona Christmas Bureau and Salvation Army and come explore the pathways and shimmering lights.
Leduc Country Lights
OUTDOOR: Leduc West Antique Society | 49541, Range Rd 260, Calmar
Take a family stroll to enjoy some fresh country air at the popular Leduc Country Lights presented by the Kinsmen Club of Leduc. You can even bring along your beloved four-legged family member (as long as they remain on leash!).
McIntyre Park in Old Strathcona
OUTDOOR: 8303 104 Street NW, Edmonton
As the central part of Winter Whyte Light Up, McIntyre Park will be decked out in a beautiful display of lights for the holiday season.
Zoominescence Festival of Light
OUTDOOR: Edmonton Valley Zoo | 13315 Buena Vista Road, Edmonton
See the Edmonton Valley Zoo in a whole new light! Book your evening visit in December to see the zoo transformed into a magical and bright winter wonderland, complete with artistic light displays, roaming fairytale characters, and all your favourite zoo animals.
Candy Cane Lane
OUTDOOR/DRIVE-THRU: 148 Street between 99 Avenue to 92 Avenue, Edmonton
Take a festive stroll or drive down Edmonton’s iconic Candy Cane Lane… and don’t forget your food bank donation
Summerside Grande Boulevard
OUTDOOR/DRIVE-THRU: Summerside Grande Boulevard SW, between 88th Street and 70th Street, Edmonton
There are plenty of lights, decorations and fun inflatables to see all the way up and down this street in Edmonton’s Southeast neighbourhood Lake Summerside.
Lights for Larry
OUTDOOR: 4220 124 Avenue NW, Edmonton (map)
Lights for Larry is an impressive display is made up of more than 135,000 lights -inside and out- in honor of the homeowner’s family member who was diagnosed with ALS. There’s a train, a light tunnel, a moose, some reindeer, happy penguins, and much more! In 2022 they were chosen as the ‘Best Lit House’ in Alberta in the Direct Energy Light up for the Holidays contest.
Stony Plain Lane – Home of the Famous Griswold House
OUTDOOR: Briarwood Point, Stony Plain (map)
If you love National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, check out this house in Stony Plain decorated to pay homage to the Griswold family, complete with Uncle Eddie’s RV! The whole neighbourhood does a great job lighting up their homes for the holiday season, earning the title of “Stony Plain Lane”. Donations for the Food Bank are also being collected on site. The official Light Up Event will take place on Saturday, December 9, 2023!
Maisie’s Magical Christmas House
OUTDOOR: 9619-144 Avenue, Edmonton (map)
What started as a few strings of lights in 2004 has grown into a stunning tribute display to the creators mother, Maisie. You can see this house from blocks away with its huge trees decked out in lights, and the entire yard filled with beautiful Christmas displays! Donations are being accepted to Second Chance Animal Rescue Society (SCARS) this year. PLUS check this post for the nights Mister Grinch will be there for photos!
Carducci Christmas Show
OUTDOOR: 17616 78 Street, Edmonton (map)
You’ll find this impressive light show and massive Christmas tree synced to music in the backyard of the Carducci family home in North Edmonton (Crystallina). View it from the path BEHIND the house Thursday through Sunday from 6 pm – 9pm between December 1-24, 2023. Follow on Instagram for show times and themes.
St. Albert Candy Cane Lane
OUTDOOR: Elliot Place, St. Albert (map)
The residents of Elliot Place in St.Albert are bringing the holiday spirit to their yards in their own version of “Candy Cane Lane”. Come walk through the lit arches and see how the neighbours in this crescent have tried to one-up each other’s holiday displays this season!
Light-Up Leduc
OUTDOOR/DRIVE-THRU: Throughout Leduc (map)
The Annual Light-Up Leduc is another great chance to get out and see some spectacularly decorated homes this holiday season. With 4 finalists chosen in each city quadrant, it is up to the public to choose the grand prize winner!
Edmonton Area Christmas Lights
OUTDOOR/DRIVE-THRU: Throughout Edmonton & Area
Check out this Facebook page to see user-submitted neighbourhood displays all around Edmonton.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all our Family Fun Edmonton readers!
Glow Edmonton Presents The Jolly Jumble
Get lost in The Jolly Jumble as Glow Edmonton returns on December 1, 2023 to January 1, 2024! Be on the lookout for Santa’s little helpers as you meander through a sea of giant ornaments, magical trees, and cascading lights. This festive experience has become a holiday tradition for Edmonton families, with over 100,000 sq ft of twinkling holiday displays to discover inside the warmth and comfort of the Edmonton Expo Centre!
The theme of this year’s Glow light festival is A Jolly Jumble and includes an exciting quest to help Santa’s elves, an interactive Kids Fun Zone, live entertainment, and special character appearances. Be sure to check the full schedule to discover special events like Spider-Verse Day, an Enchanted Evening, and a Glow without Limits sensory-friendly day.
Glow Edmonton offers something for everyone to brighten the Holiday Season! Bring your camera charged and ready to snap selfies in the light gardens, swing on the ever-popular moon shaped LED swings, take a stroll through the brilliant light tunnel, and strike a pose in one of the hanging pictures frames. The kids will love riding the Glow-comotive, meeting Santa, and playing in the Snowball Fun Zone, while you shop the Merry Makers Market, indulge in treats and drinks from the food trucks, and enjoy live entertainment on the Glow Stage. Book your tickets now to enjoy all the fun, food, and festivities!
